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Monday, 20 April 2015

Ras Y Moelwyn - 18 April 2015

Richard Treitl ran this race and commented on it as follows:

Ras y Moelwyn (the Moelwyn Race) is an arduous fell run from Blaenau Ffestiniog over the three peaks of Moelwyn Mawr, Moelwyn Bach and Moel yr Hydd. This is a category AM, 10miles, 2799ft, and this year was a counter for the British Fell Running Championships. Because of this, the start was moved to the town centre which created a great atmosphere on a warm, sunny but breezy afternoon.

Needless to say I was near the back of the field for most of the race but managed to finish 350th out of 362 in a time of 2:21:52.  Finley Wild from Lochaber (who I think has won Ben Nevis for the last 5 years on the trot) won in 1:13:09.

Allowing for the slightly longer course due to the town centre start, I estimated I was about a minute faster than last year.